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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Time for August's #BundtBakers! This month's theme comes from Teri at Love and Confections. The challenge: Sprinkles off all sorts! Jimmies, colored sugar, nonpareils, dragées, candies, pearl sugar, etc. If it can be sprinkled and used to decorate a Bundt, inside and/or outside, it's fair game. Seriously, Teri! What a fun theme! And THANK YOU for hosting!I had no problem deciding that I was just going to go 'heavy handed' with rainbow sprinkles and make a 'Celebration' Cake. What are we celebrating?

Friday, August 14, 2015

Bell Peppers have made quite a showing at the Farmer's Market. Beautiful yellow, orange, red and green colors are too pretty to resist. They are perfect for stuffing! My husband and I purchased six peppers with mixed colors at our weekly Sunday market trip. I knew that I would stuff them somehow, but I didn't have a stellar stuffing recipe. Until now...

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Time for the August #BreadBakers challenge! Special thanks to Pavani at Cook's Hideout for selecting this month's theme: Summer Bounty. Bakers were instructed to use fresh summer fruits, vegetables or herbs from our garden or the farmer's market to make any bread to share with the group. Excellent theme, Pavani! Thank you for such a great theme selection and for hosting this month's #BreadBakers!Summer is in full swing. What better way to celebrate than a twist on Zucchini Bread? I grew up in a small Midwestern town where no one bothered to lock their car. The standard joke during zucchini season was that it was time to start locking your car. If not, your neighbors and friends would place their over abundant zucchini in your car when you weren't looking!We adore zucchini at my house. Our favorite method of preparation is stuffing. Depending on our mood, we will opt for Vegetarian Stuffed Zucchini or Meat-Rice-Tomato Stuffed Zucchini for a great summertime meal. This leaves the inside pulp of the zucchini that I really hate to waste by discarding. Preparing Zucchini Oatmeal Bread is the perfect solution. We get a meal and a bonus sweet treat from our zucchini!This bread is perfect for breakfast, snacking or with an afternoon cup of coffee or tea. I am always 'heavy-handed' (a nickname one of my co-workers gave me a few jobs ago) with the spice. If you aren't as keen on cinnamon as I am, you may want to cut in half.

#BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.

Monday, August 10, 2015

"What are we going to eat today?" is the question asked nearly every morning at my house either by me or by my husband. I always feel like the person who asks the question is the winner for the day. Why? Because the asker doesn't have to figure out what we were going to eat. The askee has to give a response with appropriate food options to put on the table for that day, thus losing the eternal "What are we going to eat today?" question.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Tortilla Española is a traditional dish in Spain prepared from potatoes, onion and eggs. In English, the dish translates to Spanish Omelette and is sometimes referred to simply as Tortilla.In traditional Tortilla Española, potatoes and onions are poached in olive oil. I decided it was crazy to use such a method for a couple of reasons. First, I am not exactly a fan of deep fat frying and this seems pretty darn close. Second, I can't imaging 'wasting' this much olive oil. Once the potatoes and onions are poached, the oil is no longer needed. Most of the information I found on Tortilla Española suggested holding the olive oil for another use. Seriously? There is enough stuff in my over-crowded refrigerator. I don't need a container of used olive oil to sit there only to be thrown out in 6 months.